The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SPINACH
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More clues leading to the result SPINACH
- Saint Nick embodies a noted sailor’s source of strength
- With end of fingers, squeeze round a vegetable
- What starts Popeye in breaking chains?
- Roll a companion leaves on plate?
- Dashes up with a companion to get healthy food
- Small collar around a vegetable
- Healthy food — or chips an alternative
- Leaves children behind at home filling baths
- Cook panics getting hot food for Popeye
- Vegetable drinks knocked back by a companion
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The straight part
We know that "leaves on plate" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case leaves on plate = spinach.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SPINACH mean?
SPINACH noun- A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
- Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleraceae is.
- Plants with spinach-like leaves that are noxious in some way
- Plants with spinach-like leaves that have medicinal use